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1. IN A WRAPPING MACHINE OF THE CHARACTER DISCLOSED, CARD FEEDING AND CUTTING, AND BOAT FORMING MECHANISM COMPRISING AN ARBOR FOR A ROLL OF CARDBOARD FROM WHICH THE CARDBOARD MAY BE WITHDRAW, MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING CARDBOARD FROM THE ROLL OF CARDBOARD AND SCORING THE SAME, SAID SCORING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SCORING ROLLS AND A PAIR OF HOLD-DOWN ROLLS COOPERATING THEREWITH, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE APART THEREOF COMPRISING A PAIR OF NUTS, AN ADJUSTING SHAFT HAVING OPPOSITE PITCHED THREADS ON WHICH SAID NUTS ARE THREADED AND GROOVE-ANDFLANGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID SCORING ROLLS, HOLD-DOWN ROLLS AND SAID NUTS, CUTOFF MEANS FOR THE CARDBOARD TO CUT IT INTO CARDS, FORMING MEANS FOR THE CARDS TO FORM THEM INTO CHANNEL-SHAPED BOATS COMPRISING PLOWS FOR BENDING UP SIDE FLANGES BEYOND THE SCORE LINES OF THE CARD, HOLDDOWN FLANGES ENGAGING THE TOPS OF THE CARDS ADJACENT THE SCORED LINES AND COOPERATING WITH SAID PLOWS IN FORMING THE FLANGES OF THE BOAT, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE APART OF SAID PLOWS AND SAID HOLD-DOWN FLANGES INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER COMPRISING AN ADJUSTING SHAFT FOR EACH HAVING OPPOSITE PITCHED THREADS AND A NUT ON EACH THREAD OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID PLOWS AND HOLDDOWN FLANGES, A TRANSFER CONVEYOR FOR RECEIVING THE BOAT FROM SAID BOAT-FORMING MEANS, SAID TRANSFER CONVEYOR HAVING SPACED PROJECTIONS FOR SPACING THE BOATS ON THE CONVEYOR, A PAIR OF FEED STATIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TRANSFER CONVEYOR AT WHICH ALTERNATE BOATS MAY BE FED WITH PRODUCT, SAID TRANSFER CONVEYOR DELIVERING THE BOATS WITH PRODUCT THEREON TO A DESIGNATED STATION ON SAID TRANSFER CONVEYOR, A PUSHER FOR PUSHING THE BOAT AND PRODUCT FROM SAID DESIGNATED STATION TO ANOTHER STATION, WRAPPER FEEDING AND CUTTING MECHANISM FOR FEEDING A STRIP OF WRAPPING MATERIAL, CUTTING THE SAME INTO WRAPPERS AND DELIVERING THE WRAPPERS TO A POSITION OVER SAID ANOTHER STATION, SAID WRAPPER FEEDING MECHANISM HAVING ELECTRIC EYE MEANS CONTROLLING SAID CUTTING MECHANISM TO VARY THE LENGTH OF THE WRAPPERS, SAID ELECTRIC EYE MEANS INCLUDING LIGHT BEAM MECHANISM COOPERATING WITH PATTERNS ON THE WRAPPER MATERIAL, SAID LIGHT BEAM MECHANISM HAVING A UNIT WHICH IS ADJUSTABLE TO EITHER FACE OF THE WRAPPER FOR TRANSMITTED LIGHT WHEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WRAPPER FROM THE LIGHT SOURCE, AND FOR REFLECTED LIGHT WHEN ADJUSTED TO THE SAME SIDE THEREOF, A FOLDING WAY ABOVE SAID ANOTHER STATION, SAID FOLDING WAY BEING ADJUSTABLE AS TO WIDTH AND LENGTH, WRAPPER TUCKING BLADES ADJACENT THREE SIDES OF SAID FOLDING WAY TO TUCK THREE FLAPS OF THE WRAPPER UNDER THE BOAT AND PRODUCT, SAID TUCKER BLADES BEING READILY REPLACEABLE WITH OTHERS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH, LEVER MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING SAID TUCKER BLADES, SAID LEVER MEANS BEING OF ADJUSTABLE LENGTH TO VARY THE STROKES OF SAID BLADES, MEANS FOR PUSHING THE PARTIALLY WRAPPED PACKAGE FROM SAID FOLDING WAY AND THEREBY FOLDING THE REMAINING FLAP OF THE PACKAGE, A TAKEAWAY CONVEYOR ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE WRAPPED PACKAGE FROM SAID FOLDING WAY, SAID TAKE-AWAY CONVEYOR HAVING A WOVEN WIRE BELT FOR THE WRAPPED PACKAGES, HEAT-SEALING MECHANISM OVER WHICH SAID BELT CONVEYS THE PACKAGES AND OPERABLE TO HEAT-SEAL THE FLAPS THEREOF, AND HOLD-DOWN BELTS FOR THE PACKAGES LOCATED ABOVE SAID WOVEN WIRE BELT, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID HOLD-DOWN BELTS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER FOR DIFFERENT WIDTHS OF PRODUCT, SAID LAST MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ADJUSTING SHAFTS HAVING OPPOSITE PITCHED THREADS, NUTS THREADED THEREON AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID HOLD-DOWN BELTS AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS TOGETHER FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID HOLD-DOWN BELTS UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FOR DIFFERENT THICKNESSES OF PRODUCT. 